How To Install perl-CPAN-DistnameInfo on Fedora 36

In this tutorial we learn how to install perl-CPAN-DistnameInfo in Fedora 36. perl-CPAN-DistnameInfo is Extract distribution name and version from a distribution filename

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install perl-CPAN-DistnameInfo on Fedora 36.

What is perl-CPAN-DistnameInfo

Many online services that are centered around CPAN attempt to associate multiple uploads by extracting a distribution name from the filename of the upload. For most distributions this is easy as they have used ExtUtils distribution, which results in a uniform name. But sadly not all uploads are created in this way. CPAN http from filenames and also report if the version is to be treated as a developer release.

We can use yum or dnf to install perl-CPAN-DistnameInfo on Fedora 36. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install perl-CPAN-DistnameInfo.

Install perl-CPAN-DistnameInfo on Fedora 36 Using dnf

Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install perl-CPAN-DistnameInfo using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install perl-CPAN-DistnameInfo

Install perl-CPAN-DistnameInfo on Fedora 36 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install perl-CPAN-DistnameInfo using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install perl-CPAN-DistnameInfo

How To Uninstall perl-CPAN-DistnameInfo on Fedora 36

To uninstall only the perl-CPAN-DistnameInfo package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove perl-CPAN-DistnameInfo

perl-CPAN-DistnameInfo Package Contents on Fedora 36

/usr/share/doc/perl-CPAN-DistnameInfo
/usr/share/doc/perl-CPAN-DistnameInfo/Changes
/usr/share/doc/perl-CPAN-DistnameInfo/README
/usr/share/man/man3/CPAN::DistnameInfo.3pm.gz
/usr/share/perl5/vendor_perl/CPAN
/usr/share/perl5/vendor_perl/CPAN/DistnameInfo.pm

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install perl-CPAN-DistnameInfo on Fedora 36 using yum and [dnf]((/fedora/36/dnf/).